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Annual report 2022
added 12-28-2024

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China Life Insurance Company Limited Financial Ratios 2011-2025 | LFC

Annual Financial Ratios China Life Insurance Company Limited

2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

P/E

- 4.5 1.1 8.1 10.9 97.7 106.8 259.9 199.1 172.6 226.0 266.1

P/S

- 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 6.3 4.7 23.5 18.2 12.2 6.7 14.7

EPS

- - 1.8 2.0 0.4 1.1 0.7 1.2 - - - -

EV (Enterprise Value)

4.68 T 4.58 T 3.8 T 3.33 T 2.9 T 442 B 333 B 533 B 514 B 417 B 330 B 353 B

EBITDA per Share

- - - - - 1.48 1.35 0.393 0.835 0.731 1.03 0.558

EV/EBITDA

- - 5.7 3.1 10.2 8.4 29.5 22.0 18.1 13.4 23.9

PEG

- 0.01 3.67 27.56 3.23 0.61 -5.04 9.01 28.99 5.89 8.49

P/B

- 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.9 1.2 5.6 4.5 3.8 1.8 4.5

P/CF

- 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.1 927.7 0.6 -15.1 2.5 1.9 0.5 1.0

ROE %

- - 11.00 2.10 0.63 1.97 1.12 2.17 2.27 2.19 0.79 1.69

ROA %

- 1.07 1.18 0.23 0.06 1.44 0.88 1.88 1.80 1.49 0.58 1.30

Current Ratio

1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 - - - - - - -

All numbers in CNY currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios China Life Insurance Company Limited

2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

Current Ratio

- - - - 1.1 - - - 1.1 - - - 1.1 - - - 1.1 - - - 1.1 - - - 1.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

All numbers in CNY currency

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